In its first two full years in operation, the venue has quickly established itself as a world class sporting venue at the heart of the community. Visitor numbers have been on an upward trend since the venue opened and have grown by 21% since March 2015.
 
The past two years have seen the London Aquatics Centre make its mark on the national stage, hosting a number of major sporting events including BBC Sport Relief, the FINA Diving World Series, National Paralympic Day, Invictus Games and the British Swimming Championships. Looking ahead, the venue is gearing up to host the London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships, which will be the biggest event staged at the venue since London 2012 and the third biggest event in aquatics after the Olympics and World Championships. 
 
As a venue at the heart of the community, visited by more than 17,500 people on average each week, the London Aquatics Centre demonstrates how the Olympic and Paralympic legacy is being fulfilled. In addition to hosting an impressive 1.7 million visitors in just two years, there are now more than 3,600 children and adults learning the life skill of swimming each week on the London Aquatics Centre Swim School programme and nearly 600 pupils learning to dive as part of the Tom Daley Diving Academy. 

In total, more than 50 different schools have used the facility for their school swimming lessons, bringing thousands of school children between them to learn to swim. The venue has been successful in encouraging different parts of the community and day visitors to use the world-class facilities, including initiatives such as family-fun inflatable ‘Extreme Aqua Splash’ and women only swim sessions. 
 
The Zaha Hadid-designed London Aquatics Centre is also used as an elite training venue and is the training home of Olympic bronze medallist, Tom Daley.